Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43564, Conrad Friday, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Friday, Conrad Conrad or
S. 43564
CONTENTS

15 967 R New-York.
Conrad Friday
of Bethlehem in the state of New-York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Van Schaick of the New-York line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 5 of March 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Nov. 1819 and sent to William Barclay Esquire Albany New-York.
PAYS to 4th of Febr. 1819 $ 48.00 emi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48. 6 mo d arrear 96.00
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Letter to Hon. D. J. Wagnon 9. Jan. '40. " " to same Jan'y 14, 1840.

Conrad Friday
Private  Friday private
Colonel Van Schaicks Reg New York line 1777 war
Conrad Friday a Red
Admitted

[No. 1....Declaration.]
I Conrad Friday — of the town of Bethlehem in the county of Albany in the state of New-York , Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following DECLARATION under oath, that is to say : I do solemnly declare, that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution , and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the said war, for the term of six years and upwards on the continental establishment
That I belonged to the company commanded by Captain Johnson in Col. Van Schaick's regiment, and in the line of New York — And I do further declare, that I entered the said service the in May  day of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and left the said service on the eighth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three — having left the same by reason of the expiration of my said term of enlistment , at which time I received a regular discharge, which discharge I have since casually lost
And I do further declare, that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, or of any individual state . Witness my hand, this fifth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
WITNESS W Barclay
Conrad Friday his mark
[No. 2....Judge's Certificate.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } To wit : COUNTY OF ALBANY, }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fifth day of March — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen at the city of Albany, in the county of Albany, and state of New-York, before me Estes Howe Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Albany — in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant Conrad Friday — who resides in the town, county, and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration. — And it appearing to my satisfaction, as well from the said declaration under oath, as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant to produce, that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid, against the common enemy, on the continental establishment and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal at the city of Albany, in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
Note See affidavit of Solomon Smith on the other side of this certificate of the State of New York there annexed
Estes Howe

State of New York } City of Albany — } ss, Solomon Smith of the County of Delaware in the State of New- York being duly sworn saith that he hath known Lowurad Friday who made the foregoing declaration for many years, and that he knows that he the said Lowurad Friday did serve in the army of the revolution, and that he verily believes his said declaration to be true in all other respects —
Sworn to before me } this fifth day of March } eighteen hundred & nineteen } Estes Howe Juge. } Manning Com. Pleas. }
his Solomon X Smith mark
City and County of Albany } Clerks Office — } ss, I certify, that Estes Howe before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who gave the preceding certificate is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Albany in the State of New-York and the signatures are his own proper hand writing —
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 8th day of April 1819 —
George Merchant Clerk

State of Newyork, Secretary's Office }
I certify that it appears by the records in this Office that Conradt Friday was a Soldier in the first Newyork Regiment Commanded by Col. Van Schaick in the Revolutionary War and that he received bounty Land for his services -
Albany March 4. 1819
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

The Honorable Secretary of the War Department,
Albany,
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the Pension List .
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient Servant,
Wm. Barclay, Agent for the Applicant.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 June 8 1783 Pt. Brantingham McNichols N.Y.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, Feb 5 1899. Stout et al.  Residence at date of application, Cattaraugus Co. N.Y.  Age at date of application, not stated
Remarks: In 1840 he lived in the town of Root, Montgomery Co. N.Y. There is no record of his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1914 May 14 Hist. Co Mrs. Charles H. Sleeper. P.L.M.
43 564
Rev  INVALID.
File No. 43 564
Comrsd Friday Pr Rev Tal
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir:-
Can you give me information, in regard to Conrad Friday 2 d Company 1 st New York Reg. - commanded by Colonel
Goose Van Schaick His name appears on the Muster roll of Apr 1783 - Did he receive a Pension!
Mrs Charles W Sleeper 5/10-1914 Canajoharie N.Y.
DEAR

Conrad Friday - N.Y. Albany - at 1818 when last paid
Em
11 Jan 40
Conrad Friday paid To Mar 2. 1820. from Mar. 5. 1819. L.A.H.

Jan. 11. '40
In ab Tree M c P. J. Wagon M. 6. Commission of Pensions Kasler & Washington Friday

House Reps. Jan. 10. '40.
Sir
You state you cannot answer my letter of 30th ult. in regard to the "reduction of the Pension of Comd. Friday from $96.00 to $80.00", without knowing when he "resides" - it is Root, Montgomery - 64 - N.H. -
Favor me soon with an answer
• You send me Pension Certificate of wife of Vio. in battle "Helen Rasler", without the letter I enclosed to you, & have forgotten from whom I rec d it - cannot tell - I receive so many - Inform me Sir, so that I may send it - was it J. R. Benedict ? or who ?
Respectfully Yours P. J. Wagon

607
N. B.
511
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in New York at
Act 1828
the Branch Bank
Settled at
U. S.
Treasury
Mr. Friday was placed on the Pension list Note under the act of 1828 and was stricken off by the act of 1820-
Cons d with
Invali d file
# $3.564
Anna

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No Original Copy 571
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug 14. 1828
Conrad Friday, — of Bethlehem — in the County of Albany — in the State of New York — has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private  sergeant in captain Johnson's company, in the regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19 th August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Conradt Friday in the New York line
It further appears that Conradt Friday  not is now on the pension list of the  any — — — — — agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Rut Hays m c Audit
65,068

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" Approved on the 15 th of May 1828. I Conrad Friday of the town of Bethlehem in the county of Albany in the State of New York, Do hereby declare, That I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Capt. Cornelius Johnson's Company in the 1 st Regiment of the New York line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778.— And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States
In presence of
Gerrit L. Dey John S. Wapson
This Conrad Friday marks
Before me Gerrit L. Dey one of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Albany in the State of New York Personally appeared this day Jonathan Kidney & Cornelius A. Waldo of the said County who did severally make oath that Conrad Friday by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated — Witness my hand this 25 day of June in the year of our Lord 1828 —
Gerrit L. Dey Just. Peace

I Lawrence L. Van Klief Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany in the state of New York do certify that Gerrit L. Doss before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn were at the time a justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths — In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 26 th day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight —
L. D. L. H. BLICK Clerk
Know all men by these presents That I Conrad Friday of the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Aaron Ogden my true and lawfull attorney with a power of substitution, for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of my pay now due to me under the Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution Approved 15 th of May 1828. as a private in the 1 st Regiment of the New York line of the army of the Revolution Witness my hand & seal this 25 th day of June in the year of Our Lord 1828.
Sealed & delivered in } his Conrad Friday the presence of — } mark John G. Watson Gerrit L. Doss
Before me Gerrit L. Doss a Justice of the Peace in the County of Albany in the state of New York

personally appeared this day Conrad Friley whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. Witness my hand this 25 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1828.
Gerrit L. Doy Just here
I Lawrence Van Klief Clerk of the County of Albany in the State of New York Do hereby certify that Gerrit L. Doy before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is a justice of the peace
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 26 th day June in the year of our Lord 1828. -
A. D. L. H. Kellick. Clerk.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Conrad Friday late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this ninety second day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
E. B. Van Klief Acting Secretary of War.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Friday, Conradt GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7124 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 20, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.